Linotype-mold.



,Nof 843,241. PATENTED EEB- 5, 1907.

B. VAN WIE. LINOTYPEMOLD.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.4. 1906.

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raras-r ,orrion LNOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATIOv OF NEW YORK.

LlNOTYPENlOLD.

To @ZZ/'whom z5 may concern,.-

, Be it known that l, Brnozvv VAN Win. 'oi New York city, county oi 'New York,A and State of New York, have invented a new and use'l'ul Improvement in Linotypelolrls. ol

' which the lfollowing is a'specitieation.

l ln linotype-machines and kindred machines it is customary to deliver molten tvpemetal from a melting-pot into the rear side of a slotted mold which is momentarilV closed i yat the front by a 4composed lineV of 'matrices of. .the type ycharacters y accomplished 1 [presented thereto', the result being the pro duction of a slug Aor linotype bearing on one ,edgethetype characters to print a line.

ln the use of these machines it ,is necessary tofc'hange the lengt-h oi' the mold-slot accord- Iing tothe length or'measure of' the slugs required,

vertical .may` be removed and replaced by others of dii- .ferent size to vary the dimensions ol'V the slot.

-rnold in which The object 'or 1y invention is to provide a a slot may be varied m length -or in depth at will instantly and lwithout detaehing Aor applying parts. To this end l construct a composite slotted mold containling'a series of movable `parailelplates lying at'rightangles to the slot, so that any de sired number of them may be moved inward to fill'the end of the slot and reduce its length,

and also containing means for changing the distance between the. remaining slides and with my invention.

the opposite wall of the mold to vary the the thicknessof the slug' produced therein. f v l In the drawings, Figure 1 is a Jfront elevation ofi'a mold constructedV in accordance Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same inoperative relation to the melting-pot at the 'rear and the line ot` matrices and their supporting devices at the iront.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the body portion of the mold, having a.d flat u er surface a to form the lower sideoi the mold-slot and having also two upright ends a.

B represents the cap orupper portion of Specification of Letters ..a.tent.V Application led October 4,1906. Serial NoE 337,385.

i screws may Patented Feb.4 5, 190,7'.

l the mold, overlying the body verticallyv at its ends in the 4arms e.'

t) C 'represent a series of upright parallel .issiexoit To iinneux'rrnirnn .A and guided r plates or liners seated faceto face in compact order. These plates are ends mayv seated against theupper surlace ot the body A or lnted therefrom a dise tance equal to the thicknessshui',

lare ol the body A, so that when liited therefrom they will mold slot or cell D. When a slug ol maxi;

mum length is required, the plates' C are all raised, so as to present a slot or mold-cell eX-V' tending l-rom one of the arms a, to the other` between, the'upper surface oi' the body' and the lower endsy of the plates. p The plates() are of uniform thickness, e ual that they shall be held in exact alinement l horizontally, and this ma)T beaccomplished l b v any suitable alining and locking devices. In the drawings I have showneach plate with a series of notches c to receive a hori- Zontal rib b on the inside of the capB. The distance between each notch and the next is preferably a printers pointff which is the l standard unit of measure. l tical depth of the slot is to be varied, the cap l Bis moved upward or downward, carrying l with it the slides interloclied.therewith.

The ends of the cap'B and the adjacent l arms of the body are graduated, as shown at l E E, as a guide for the adjustment of the parts. The vertical movement ol" the cap l may be eti'ectedbjv any suitable mechanismi for instance, by the screws F, seated in the l, body and iixed against end motion and arl rangedto lengage the -ends of the cap. These be provided at their ends With l worm wheels G to engage corresponding l worms H on the end of a shalt l, which is ot the Irequiredn t The .lower ends of the plates 'Oa-re or-v dinarilyY llat and parallel with the upper sur-' form the upper surl'ace ol' the until their lower ends rest snugly onA the upf'l A the length of the As 'Y the upper sideo'f. the mold-slot, itis' necessary l y 1 mounted to slide t vertically in the cap B, so that. their lowerl ordinarily toa pica em 'or en. 'By sli ing that the distance between them may be vaseated in the body and provided with a knurled Wheel J, by which it may be rotated. The eiiect of rotating this wheel is to move the cap B and the attached slides upward or downward.

After the active slides C-those forming the upper side of the mold-slot-are adjusted to the proper height the remaining slides. are pushed downward until they rest upon the top of the body A. In order to permit thisv action, the slides must iirst be disengaged from the rib (Z, against which they are held. by the bar or plate K, screwed or otherwise secured at its ends to the cap B. By loosening this bar the slides' are released, so thatvthey may be raised or lowered in relation to 'the cap B. After' they are in the desired position the bar is again tightened to hold them.

The essence of my invention lies in the employment of the cap and body, so connected ried, in combination with a series of sliding platesy or liners C, each adapted to form, according to its adjustment, a portion of the upper side of the mold-slot or one end of the same, and it is manifest that the details may be widely varied, provided these ycharacter-`v istics are retained. y It will be observed that my construction admits of any slide in the series being depressed against the body without regard to the position of the others. Thus the moldslot may, if desired, be divided into a numshort slugs or logotypes.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a slotted linotype-mold, the rcombination of a body ortion, a series of independently-movab e slides, any number of which may be set against the body to limit the length of the slot while the remaining slides form one wall of the slot, and means forming a permanent portion of the mold for changing the operative position of the last-named slides to vary the width of the I slot and the thickness of the slug produced therein.

2. In a linotype-mold, a body portion, a cap portion, independently-movable slides I mounted in the latter and each adapted to 1 in the mold for changing the distance lbetween the cap and body, the independentlymovable slides and means for locking each slide in diierent positions.

5. In a slotted linctype-mcld, the combination of a body portion forming one wall of the slet, a series of independently-movable slides adapted to form the opposite wall and one end of the slot, and permanentlyconnect ed devices for settling those slides which form the wall of the slot at different distances from the body according to the thickness of the slug required.

6. In a slotted linotype-inold, the combil nation of a body, a cap, a series of parallel slides C mounted in the latter, and a locking device carried by the cap and adapted to hold leach slide in different operative relations to f the cap.

7. In a linotype-mold, the combination of a body, a cap, mechanism for moving the cap to and from the body, a series of slides `mounted in the cap, and means for locking the slides in different positions in the cap.

8. In a linotype-mold, the-combination of the body, the cap provided with a rib, the series of independently-movable slides -arranged to interlock therewith, and means forvsecuring the 'slides in engagement with the rib; whereby the slides may be ysecured individually with their ends at any required 'distance from the body.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 27th day of July, 1906, in the presence of two attesting witnesses. Q

BYRON VAN WIE. Witnesses:

F. M. EGGLEsToN, WALTER MOBLARD. 

